Lahithah

Lahithah لاهثة Lahetha
Village
Lahithah
Coordinates: 32°59′35″N 36°35′00″E / 32.99306°N 36.58333°E / 32.99306; 36.58333
Country	Syria
Governorate	Suwayda
District	Shahba
Subdistrict	Sawra as-Saghira
Population  (2004 census)[1]
• Total	2,225
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Lahithah (Arabic: لاهثة) is a village situated in the Shahba District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Lahithah had a population of 2,225 in the 2004 census.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.^[2]

History

In 1838, it was noted as a ruin, el-Metuny, situated "in the Luhf, east of the Lejah, i.e. in Wady el-Liwa".^[3]

During the Bedouin–Druze clashes in 2025, Lahithah remained under the Syrian transitional government and its Bedouin allies.^[4]

See also

• Druze in Syria

References

1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
3. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 155
4. "شهادة مؤلمة من ريف السويداء.. عائلة تختفي ثم يُعثر عليها جثثاً مشوهة في قرية لاهثة" (in Arabic). syriahr.com. 29 September 2025.

Bibliography

• Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.